Talking-machine.



110.8783516. PATBNTBD PEB. i1, 190s.'

I. G. FOSLER.

TALKING MACHINE.-

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15, 1901.

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IRA G. FOSLER, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

TALKING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled July 15. 1807. Serial No. 383.804-

T all whom 'it may concern:

Be, it known that l, 'IRA G. FosLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Talking-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements lin talkinganachines.

In the practical operation of talking-machines, considerable ditlicultyand annoyance has heretofore been experienced from the fact that themachine continues to run after the sound reproductionon the record hasbeen completed, the overrunning of the record as it is called, not onlyproducing a disagreeable noise but also tending to wear away and injurethe reproducing stylus.

The o bject of my invention is to provide a simple,`eilicient anddurable construct-ion of talking machine which stop when the reproducingstylus reaches the end of the sound record to be reproduced,

My invention consists in the novel construction of parts and devices andin the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown anddescribed by which this object or result is practically accomplished.

In the accompanying drawing `forming a part of this specification,Figure i is a front elevation of a talking machine embodying myinvent-ion. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section online 2-2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail elevation showing the parts in a difierent position'lroin that illustrated in Fig. 1.'

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view partly in ,horizontal section. y

In the drawing, A represents the frame oi the machine, Il the reproducerhaving the customary stylus b traveling in the sound record groove c ofthe record C, D the rotary mandrel or holder to which the record C issecured, D1 the traveling carriage or support upon which the reproduceris mounted and I)z the feed-screw for the reproducer carriage.

'E is the stopping and starting lever having the customary brake arm. E1engaging the brake wheel E2 lating device. All these parts may be oi'any suitable kind or construction `r customarily employed inphonographs, graphophones or other talking machines.

struction.

will automatically' of the governor or speed regie.

For convenience in the drawing, I have illustrated the. same as being ota well known phonograph con- In order to automatically stop the machine.and further rotation of the record (l when the reproducer reaches theend ol' the .sound record groove c thereon, I connect willi the stoplever E ol the talking machine an automatically movable stop device orslide lf preferably having a slotj` to receive the upper end ot' thcstop lover E and a slotj1 to receive the guide pin or projection g onthe clamp G, by which, in connection with the clamp piece g and clampscrew g2, the automatic stop device is mounted upon the frame of themachine or its inclosing box A1. The stop slide or, device F isfurnished with a spring ji engaging` an integral lip f3 on the stopslide at one end, and an upwardly projecting flange g3 on the linedclamp GrA at the other end. `This spring, when the stop slide isreleased by the releasing trigger H, serves to automatically retract thestop slide and operate the stop lever E of the machine. The stop slideI" is further provided with a set or projection f4 which engages the toeh of the releasing trigger H, which is pivoted to the upright ilange (13of the clamp G. The releasing trigger H is preferably not directlyengaged by the traveling carriage but its upright arm h1 is furnishedwith an adjustable arm h2 which is so engaged by the reproducer carriageto operate the releasing trigger and release the stop slide when thereproducer carriage moves tothe right tothe required extent or until thereproducer-stylus comes to the end of the sound record groove c in therecord C. The releasing trigger is provided with an adjustable arm li?so that the automatic stop device may be set to operate at diii'erentpositions of the reproducer carriage as the sound record grooves covervarying y lengths oi the. record C according to the length ol' the songor piece oi music that may be recorded thereon. 'The' adjustable arm 'ifis preferably of sector shape and furnished with a pivot slot h3 at itslower end and a curved slot h at its upper end having a plurality olnotches -h5 therein to engage the rivet 71. in the upper arm h1 of thereleasing trigger. The at'ljustablearm is secured to the releasingtrigger at its lower end by a l rivet 7:7. By simply slipping thereleasing trigger slightly upward, the upper rivet 7i l will be i'reefrom the notches lr, and then thc r adjustable arm can be swung toeither side l into position for the upper rivet 7L to enter l anothernotch la; in the adjustable arm if?.

l In operation when the. reprodueer carriage Patented Feb. A1 1, i908.

l moves to the right indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing,lto the requiredextent, itengages the ad'ustahle arm h2 ofthe releasing tiggerhnd t usreleases the spring actuated slide F and causes the same toautomaticalllperate the stop lever E and stop the mac e.-

' The reproducer carriage D1 has a handle orv pin d which engages theadjustable arm h2.

I clalmz-J j 1. In a talking machine, the combination with'the rotaryrecord holder, reproducer,

.reproducer carriage and the stop lever, of an automatic stop slidehaving' a setting pro jection, a spring for actuating said stop slide, aclamp 'upon which said stop slide reciprocates, are easing triggerhaving an adjustable arm in the path of the reproducer carm ringe toautomatically stop the machine and prevent overrunning of the soundrecord, said releasing trigger having an upright-.arm furnished withupper and lower rivets,"'and said adjustable arm having a pivot slot atits lowerend and a curved slot at its upper end furnished with aplurality of adjusting notches adapted to engage said upper rivet,substantially as specified.

2. The automatic stop attachment for talking machines comprising .aclamp having f a movableclamp piece' and clamp screvv and y justable armhaving a pivot slot and a'curved slot furnished with a plurality ofadjusting notches, substantially as specified.

3. The automatic stop attachment for talking machines comprising aclamp, a stop slide mounted thereon, and having a set projection -forengagement With the releasing trigger and a slot to receive the stoplever of the talking machine, a spring connecting said stop slide andclamp and a releasing trigger mounted pivotally upon said clamp, saidreleasing trigger having an adjustable arm furnished With a pivot slotat its low'ver end and a curved slot at its upper end I'ovided with a1plurality of adjusting noto es, substantial y as specified.

' IRA G. FOSVLER.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, EDMUND AncocK.

